martes, 15 de julio de 2014

Science without Borders

Information about the scholarship programme offered by Brazil

Created on 26th July 2011 and primarily funded by the federal government of Brazil, this nationwide scholarship program is a joint effort of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology through their respective funding agencies – CAPES and CNPq.

The program seeks to strengthen and expand initiatives of science and technology, innovation and competitiveness, through international mobility of Brazilian undergraduate and graduate students and researchers.

Content of the programme

Goal

To award 100’000 scholarships to Brazilian students and researchers to study in top universities worldwide by the end of 2014.

domingo, 13 de julio de 2014

Friends Without Borders has spearheaded the largest peace effort in India and Pakistan's joint history, igniting an historic campaign called Aman ki Asha.

Now, we're going global...

Welcome to a brand new approach to world peace.

All across India, tens of thousands of children have begun writing heartfelt letters to the students in Pakistan. All across Pakistan, tens of thousands of children are replying with heartfelt letters back. New connections are being made. New friendships are being formed.

Imagine if all the schools from both nations were to participate? What will happen when this generation grows up?

At Friends Without Borders, we are making this possible, and invite you and your school to take part in this historic heart-to-heart experiment.

Children have a natural instinct toward friendship and will jump to reach out and create new friends, when given the opportunity. The simple act of writing a letter leaves deep and lasting impressions that help to humanize 'the other.' These are the seeds that promise to mature into a safer, friendlier world.

Welcome to our campaign... so simple, it just might work!

It may be long before the law of love will be recognised in international affairs. The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another. -- M.K. Gandhi